Place du Luxembourg, Brussels

The square consists largely of restaurants and bars which dominate the wide pavements, with some banks and other retail services, serving the employees and members of the neighbouring European Parliament as well as the other European Institutions and associated organisations which are mostly located close-by.

The square consists largely of restaurants and bars which dominate the wide pavements, with some banks and other retail services, serving the employees and members of the neighbouring European Parliament as well as the other European Institutions and associated organisations which are mostly located close-by. In the centre of the square is a statue of John Cockerill, a prominent British-Belgian 19th century industrialist, which is a copy of the statue outside Seraing town hall in Liège. The figure of Cockerill is leaning against an anvil and surrounded by an industrial figures from period: a glassmaker, a mechanic, a puddler and a miner. Cockerill's motto, Work and Intelligence, are engraved upon the statue.

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About Place du Luxembourg

1050 Ixelles, Belgium

Place du Luxembourg and Nearby Sights on Map

Parlamentarium is the European Parliament's Visitor Centre featuring interactive multimedia displays on the journey of European integration, the working of the European Parliament and other EU institutions, and its impact on member-nations

The Leopold Quarter is home to the European Parliament in the Paul-Henri Spaak building, Luxembourg Square, the European Commission in Berlaymont building, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, and Antoine Wiertz Museum for Fine Arts